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Hallmark Trek Ornament List

We can STOP any time we want! As of 2025, we’ve got 41 full sized and 3 minis. ;) We’ve been working on these for at least 20 years!

USS Enterprise NCC 1701 Constitution (TMP)
USS Enterprise NCC 1701 Constitution restyled 2022 (SNW)
USS Enterprise NCC 1701 Constitution (TOS Pilot 50th Anniversary Gold Edition)
USS Enterprise NCC 1701 B Galaxy (Generations)
USS Enterprise NCC 1701 C Galaxy (TNG)
USS Enterprise NCC 1701 D Galaxy (TNG)
USS Enterprise NCC 1701 D Galaxy (TNG 25th Anniversary)
USS Enterprise NCC 1701 E Galaxy (Star Trek First Contact)
USS Titan NCC 80102-A (Picard)

USS Franklin NX 326 (STBeyond)
Romulan Bird of Prey (TOS)
USS Voyager NCC 74856 (Voyager)
USS Defiant NCC NX 72405 (DS9)
Romulan Warbird (TNG)
USS Reliant (STII)
Klingon Battle Cruiser (TOS)
Klingon Bird of Prey (TNG)
Scorpion (Star Trek Nemesis)
USS Discovery (DIS)

Shuttlecraft Galileo NCC 1701/7 w/ Spock voice (TOS) 2 of these
Runabout USS Rio Grande NCC 72452 (DS9)
Hand of Apollo 2023 (TOS)

Starfleet Phaser (TOS)

The Menagerie Kirk, Pike and Spock (TOS)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Bridge scene w/ dialog (STII)
The Needs of the Many scene with Kirk and Spock (STII)
Mirror Mirror Spock and McCoy (TOS)
The Man Trap Kirk and Nancy monster (TOS)
Data Ode to Spot 2023 (TNG)
Picard and Data 30th Anniversary (TNG)
Locutus of Borg Picard and Queen (TNG)
Capt Daddy Pike (SNW)
Star Trek Command Arcade Game NCC 1701 (TMP)

Capt Jean Luc Picard figure (TNG)
Capt Kathryn Janeway figure (Voyager)
Mr Spock figure (TOS)
Commander Riker figure (TNG)
Lt Worf figure (TNG)
Capt Benjamin Sisko figure (DS9)
The Doctor figure (Voyager)
Commander Trip Tucker figure (Enterprise)
Sub Commander T’Pol figure (Enterprise)

3 mini ornaments Klingon Bird of Prey, Enterprise 1701D and Enterprise 1701

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It’s That Time Again

It’s almost birthday time and I typically get a bit depressed about it. This year is especially bad if you know the number I’m looking at. If you don’t, well, just know it’s HIGH.

This year has dragged on as we watch our country get closer and closer to fascism. We attended the No Kings protests a couple of weeks ago – my FIRST protest! – and it was heartening to see about a thousand people of all ages peacefully protesting the destruction of our country.

I’ve been reading a lot, I log my reading in my Book List posts, this year’s is pinned to the home page if you’re interested.

I’m just tired. Tired because I’m old, tired because I’m out of shape, tired because of the constant negativity of living in a country run by fascists and morons. I’ve zero motivation, hence the out of shape part. I just cannot gin up enough fucks to bother to exercise. I have GOT to get over it, and I’m working on it. It’s just slow and difficult.

When I was thinking about my future when I was young, I never thought to add worldwide pandemic and fighting off fascism. I guess this is what my grandparents felt when WWII happened. THEIR parents are pretty much where we are now: they endured the flu pandemic and WWI, then WWII on the heels of that. SHITTY, I tell you.

But here we are.

Nick and I still dream of having our own business, but we also know that it is not very likely to happen. We just do not have the resources and never will at this point. Hell, we’d just like to secure our fucking HOME FFS.

It’s been a rough year all round. I’m sure we’re not the only ones.

I am just going to put up the Xmess decor SUPER EARLY (like in the next coupla weeks since we didn’t do Halloween) and try to pretend things are normal.

We did get two new Trek ornaments: USS Titan (Picard) and the Star Trek Arcade game. We can stop any time we want. ;) I am going to post the list in another entry for your entertainment!

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Current State of VSG/GERD

I just saw a post by a woman who is in stage 3 kidney failure due to long term use of PPIs. Which is why I got off those things very soon after my VSG surgery. If you take them, you should start stepping down from them immediately. The product I talk about in this post would be an excellent way to do that. Read on. However, if you’ve not read it, I’d read my other post which includes the links to PPI research before reading this one if you want the full picture. The kidney specific articles are here and here. I also have several posts about getting off PPIs, you’ll see them in the category.

The woman with kidney failure and my current status have prompted me to write an updated post about my VSG and long term GERD issues. I’ve not written anything about it in detail since 2021 when I tried acupuncture – which didn’t do much, sadly. I wrote a passing note within a deck building post last summer, but I have not written anything detailed, which will now be rectified.

Ok, so let’s go back to my last batch of writing from 2021. I did acupuncture, and while I do feel acupuncture is helpful for many issues, I got little results even with the Chinese Death Tea™.

I got into a routine with ONLY famotidine (H2 blocker), 3x a day, totaling 40mg/day and antacids (calcium). This was fine until 2024, when I started throwing up. Often.

I thought I was just overeating, but when the spitting and puking kept happening, I started to pay attention. It was NOT volume related, it was something else. I did some digging and found that throwing up typically begins with VSG patients around the 8-10 yr mark. Why? It is the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) spasming and/or becoming weak. When I mentioned this within my deck building post, I was thinking it was gall bladder, but no.

So I kept on with my famotidine routine and tried to be extremely careful when eating (read: eating TINY amounts at a time) to not miss the signals that I would end up puking. This went on until about a month ago (June 2025) when I was looking at FB and an ad caught my eye. It was an ad proclaiming Kiss My Acid Goodbye!, which of course, has the perfect tone for me. So I clicked it and read about the product and decided to roll the dice on a fucking FB ad.

I interrogated the dude who said he was behind the product – I even ran his emails through AI detection! – and he was, indeed a real guy who was ALSO a VSG patient who had the same puking experience that I am dealing with. I started the KMAG supplement (you can read all about it here: How KMAG works) and after a month, I can say that it definitely does SOMETHING. I’ve cut down famotidine to 10mg Pepcid at bedtime only and I’ve only had 3 pukes in that time, with a few spits w/out puking. I should probably go to 2x/day with it, but I take SO MANY fucking supps. I take: multivitamin, NAC (because I’m a sot), vit D+K sublingual, B12 sublingual, liquid glucosamine/chondroitin (nasty), concentrated liquid biotin/collagen and liquid magnesium (to offset the calcium, which is becoming a non-thing), PLUS the KMAG. It’s a lot.

I do feel that KMAG is healing my ravaged stomach and LES, it’s taking some time, but ALL natural supplements take time.

So that’s where I am with VSG/GERD and supplements. I feel that KMAG is doing its job healing up damage and soothing the LES spasms that are the likely culprit of the puking.

If you want to read ALL my posts relating to VSG, PPIs and managing GERD, here is the category, which is recent first, so you’ll need to go backwards to get to the beginning.

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Roasted Green Bean and Asparagus Salad

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Roasted Green Bean and Asparagus Salad

Roasted veg, a punchy vinaigrette and a pop of blue cheese makes this one elegant salad! It looks fancy, but is super easy to make.
Course Appetizer, Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine American, Italian, Mediterranean
Keyword asparagus, green beans, salad
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Author misangela

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cups green beans, in 1-2" pieces
  • 1 cup asparagus, peeled and cut into 1-2" pieces
  • 10 grape tomatoes, halved
  • 2 Tbl red onion, brunoise (very small dice) or shallots
  • 2 Tbl minced parsley half in vinaigrette
  • 1 Tbl fresh thyme leaves only 1 tsp if dried, half in vinaigrette
  • blue cheese crumbles or feta or goat cheese
  • pepitas or nuts if you need more texture

Vinaigrette

  • 2 tsp garlic paste or smash up 2 cloves of garlic very fine
  • 1/3 cup EVOO
  • 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 2 Tbl rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp dijon mustard or whole grain
  • 1 Tbl of the minced parsley above
  • 1/2 Tbl of the thyme above
  • S/P to taste

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400ºF.
  • On a sheet tray, put the green beans and asparagus in a single layer with a little EVOO to keep from sticking. Lightly S/P. Pop in the oven for about 10 minutes or until the veg starts to get soft.
  • While the veg is cooking, whisk together the vinaigrette until it is emulsified.
  • Once the veg is soft, turn on the broiler and broil for about 5 minutes to get some colour on them. Then pull from the oven and cool for a few minutes.
  • Put the warm roasted veg in a bowl with the tomatoes, onion and herbs. Stir in the vinaigrette. Don't use too much, there should only be a Tbl or so in the bottom. Use any leftover vinaigrette on a salad!
  • This can be served room temp or chilled. When serving, top with the crumbled cheese of your choice and pepitas or nuts if you like.

Notes

This recipe is for 4 smallish servings. It took half a bunch of asparagus and half a small bag of ready to go green beans. It can be easily doubled to use all the veg and make a good sized bowl. 
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Wool Gathering

Got kind of a random list of stuff on my mind, so this post will be loosely organized, however not as fanciful as the title implies. HA!

The main thing on my mind is something I’ve been struggling with for a while now. It is my status as The Party Girl™. I’ve always been known for knowing how to have a good time and I’ve certainly leaned into it over the years. I do love me a good party, true, but now that I’m getting old and slowing down, it has been damned hard to move people away from the perception that every interaction with me needs to be a party. This may seem to be a minor thing, and for most people, perhaps it is, but for me, it has become an issue. I can’t have people over for dinner without it becoming an all night affair. Again, I like to party as much as the next girl, but I simply CANNOT do all nighters any more (I don’t even do it at CONS any more FFS!). I am simply too old. It takes me DAYS to get over it – the fatigue, the detox, the angry tummy, all of it. Late night parties are just not worth the price any more! BUT I can’t seem to get anyone to understand this. Every person to the one is deeply embedded with the belief that if you’re at MY house, then baby it’s gonna be a par-TAY! I know change is hard and all that, but I really need my friends to be more open to having a relatively early evening (1am I can do!) and perhaps not all of it spent smoking (which is getting harder for me to recover from). I AM capable of having movie night, or game night, or whatever without it being a balls to the wall party. Sigh. This is my cry for help!

I had a keratosis thing on my cheek recently. It just appeared and was pretty big and ugly – keratosis is basically a skin bump. I fished around the intertubes and found a thread about diclofenac (yes, arthritis cream) being useful to get rid of them. I had some, so I thought: what the hell! I’d already been using microneedle blemish patches with a little success, as well as hyaluronic acid moisturizer and retinol serum. Well, the diclofenac WORKED! Who knew? I also now have eczema spots all over my body, which I find most irritating. They don’t itch, they just look awful. My neighbor works for Dermalogica, and she gave me some serum stuff that has plant STEM cells for the keratosis. It did little for the keratosis, BUT it did help with the eczema spots. I’ve never had so many issues with my skin. UGH. I hates it.

My chronic GERD has advanced to a LOT more spitting up and/or vomiting up the whole meal. It is fairly random, but sometimes I can feel when it’s going to happen and stop eating immediately. Yes, I know that getting a revision to a full bypass would solve this, but I just can’t. I may be driven to it at some point, but for now, I just can’t face another surgery. So I’ll live with occasional bulimia. Sigh.

Shasti is starting to show her true age. We think she is probably 15+, which is 4 years more than we initially thought. Her eyes have begun to show age with the irises changing colour and the pupils becoming a bit cloudy. She sleeps a LOT more. Her kidney numbers are not great, but holding steady for now. I have to get her on fluid therapy, which means I have to learn to do it myself ($145 a pop? NOPE.). I have a difficult time with the hard jab necessary to pierce that tough skin on her scruff. I’ve managed to get her to take her kidney and constipation meds in her food, but now we are trying to do a week of antibiotics every month, rotating the kind, to see if we can keep that gum infection at bay. THAT is proving nearly impossible to put in food – it is the pink stuff, clavamox, and she is supposed to get 1ml a day. It is too much for food and gods I hate fighting her to take it orally. I spend an inordinate amount of time dealing with the cat.

And finally, I guess I’m just a little on the depressed side lately. I feel misunderstood, I am always tired and I have no motivation to do anything. BUH. It will pass, it always does, but it’s just a DRAG. I try daily to remember that I have a basically good life with a nice home, good friends and a wonderful partner in crime. I try to avoid the news and avoid thinking about this country going down the toilet because I am trapped here and can’t leave, so what good is it to waste time worrying about it? I just try to accentuate the positive, baby.

And with that, I go forth to find some happiness. Which means I’ll probably cook something. ;)